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VOLUME SIX v
Fifth Registration Will Be
Held Tuesday, June 30th
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'All male persons born
on or after January 1,
1922 and on or before June
- 30, 1924 are required to
register under Selective
Service Act as Ammended
on Tuesday June 30, 1942.
Hours of registration will
be between, the hours of
7:00 a. m. to 9:00 p. m.
- You may register at
- any of the following pla
ces in Yancey county:
Burnsville, Courthouse;
Bald Creek, High school;
Bee Log, High school;
Green Mountain, Post Of
fice; Day Book, > High
school; Micaville, High
school.
Owing to the fact that
this registration will not
be so large as most regis
trations in the past a reg
istration place will not be
provided in all townships.
RECORD OF SERVICE
MEN WILL BE FILED
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At a recent meeting of
the Earl Horton post of the
American Legion and the
auxiliary, it was decided
that a record of all per
sons of Yancey county who
served in the armed forces
of the United States dur
ing World War I and who
are serving in World War
fl should be made. These
records will become a part
of the permanent records
of Yancey county to be
filed away and preserved
for the use of future gen
erations.
The information contain
ed in a questionnaire, a
copy of which was publish
ed recently in the Record,
will be, it is thought, not
only of interest to all rela
tives of " veterans but of
great value historically
and otherwise.
All veterans and .their
kindred are urgently re
quested to see that a rec
ord of each soldier and
sailor is made on a special
form prepared for this
purpose. A copy of this
questionnaire may be ob
tained from James Hutch
ins, Burnsville. (R. A.
Charles, post commander).
WOMAN’S CLUB WILL
have Supper
The Woman’s Club will
L sponsor a benefit supper to
be served at the club house
on Tuesday evening, June
30 at 7:30. Proceeds will go
to the Red Cross relief
fund.
ROBINSON- BUCHANAN
FAMILY REUNION
The annual reunion of,
the Robinson-Buchanan fa
milies will be held at Crab
tree Baptist church on
Sunday, June 28 at 10a.m.
A special program has
been arranged with prom
inent speakers invited. Mu
sic will be furnished by the
Travelers Quartet*
Lunch will be served at
12 p. m. E.W.T.
A cordial welcome a
waits friends and all visit
ors. —(Joseph Robinson,
* Chairman.)
THE YANCEf^I
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“DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF YANCEY COtfi\2
SUB. RATES: SI.OO YEAR.
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NAVY RECRUITING
OFFICER HERE JUNE 26
—lncreased interest in the
Navy is being shown due to
new regulations regarding
1 physical requirements, ac
cording to a recruiter of
i the U. S. Navy who will be
in this section ' next week.
The itinerary of the re
cruiters is as follow?: June
22, Boone at the Post Of
fice; June 23, Newland;
June 24 and 25, Spruce
Pine, at .the Young Men’s
Shop; June 2(5, Burnsville
at the Court House; and,
June 27, Hot Springs, at
the City Hall.
The new physical requ
irements are lowered on
eyes and teeth, allowing
many men previously re
jected to reapply for en
listment. It is suggested
than any men in this sect
ion interested in the Navy,
i contact the recruiter next
! week and receive full de
tails of the new regulat
,! ions.
At the present there are
openings for skilled work
ers in the Navy Reserve.
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DAILY VACATION
BIBLE SCHOQL
AT CANE RIVER
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Miss Virginia Overman
of Wessex is conducting a
Daily Vacation Bible school
at the Cane River church
this week. Mrs. Irene An
gel and Mrs. Arthur King
are assisting with the clas
ses. Forty are enrolled.
Miss Overman will be in
the county for seven weeks
holding the schools in var
ious churches of the co
unty.
EVERY PERSON URGED
TO TURN IN RUBBER
(Raleigh, June 20)—An
appeal to every man, wo
man, and child in North
Carolina to accept and ful
fill a quota of at least five
pounds of scrap rubber to
be turned in to a gasolipe
service station before June
30 in the petroleum indus
try scrap rubber drive, was
made today by T. A. Ald
ridge, Chairman of the N.
C. Petroleum Industries
Committee.
To meet a five pound
quota, Mr. Aldridge point
ed out, it will be necessary
for some people to turn in
double or triple their quota
in order to make up for the!
small children and the ad
ults who are unable to meet
their full quota. On the!
basis of the last census, an
average of five pounds per
capita would produce aro-!
und 17,858,115 pound of
scrap rubber in North Ca
rolina, exclusive of indust
rial scrap.
“To win the war, Ameri
ca must overcome its rub
ber shortage,” Mr. Aldrid
ge said. “Old rubber that
(lies around in basements,
atics, garages, and barns;
only -rots and disintegrates
and 4oes nobody any &ood.
But if'is is turned in to a
service station before June
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BURNSVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1942
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! Dr. Van B. Bennett who
5 received his M. D. degree
‘ at the University of Mary-
L land on May 28. He was al
so commissioned a first
lieutenant in the army me
‘ dical corps.
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.MISS RUTH McQOURRYi
I EMPLOYED BY WAR
DEPARTMENT
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Miss Valeria Ruth Mc-
Courry, daughter of Mr.j
and Mrs. E. McCourry of
Day Book, N. C. has been
assigned as Junior Assist
ant P-1 to the Signal Corps
Laboratories at Fort Mon-;
mouth, Red Bank, New
Jersey by the War depart
ment. , • |
] Miss McCourry; received
her Masters Degree from
the University of the City
of Toledo, Ohio, in August,
her masters degree from;
received her bachelors de
gree in Science from Mere-;
jdith College, Raleigh. Miss
McCourry taught at Burn-;
■ sville high school last year.
This makes the fourth
member of this family to
enter the their
country. Fletcher and Ray
McCourry are now station
ed in Hawaii while Alvin is
at Fort Bragg.
Miss McCourry was hir-i
ed by the War Department!
at Detroit, Mich, and is j
making the trip to her new
post by automobile.
TAKE INSTRUCTOR’S
FIRST AID COURSE
Miss Beryl Wilson, Miss
Dellma Hensley and Vemie
Wilson are attending the
first aid course for instru
ctors which is being given
in Mars Hill. They will be
qualified' instructors when
they have completed the
course.
RECIPES TO MATCH
YOUR SUGAR
Miss Dorothy Turner,
home agent, has had many
! requests for recipes in
which sweetenpig ingred
ients other than sugar may
jbe used. The following re
lease has a number of sug
gestions :
The so 11 owi n g table
gives the sweetening pow
er of different syrups as
compared .with refined
white sugar:
1 Cup Hone£ equals 1 Cup
Sugar
l'e Cup Sorghum Molasses'
equals one cup sugar
IV2 Cup Cane Syrup equals
1 Cup Sugar
2 Cups Corn Syrup equals
1 cup sugar
If the original recipe
calls for a liquid such as
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GASOLINE- RATIONING
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Gasoline rationing is
postponed until’ July 8,9,
and 10. Please watch" for
further notice., (concerning
'the registration.
CAMPS WILL dPEN
HERE JULY 1. {
Mt. Mitchell iCamp for
Girls and M t Mitchell
Camp for Boys will open
July 1 for the se jtson. Both
camps wilt have la fine en
rollment, according .to ad
vance notice.
W. B. ROBERTSON IS .
superintendent
OF CITY SCHOOLS
W. B. Robertson of Ru
therford ton has been nam
ed superintendent .the
schools in Rutherfordton
j and Spindak), it was an
| nounced this webk. He has
been principal of Central
high school since 1937.
Mr. Robertson who is
'the son of Dr. and Mrs. W.
B. Robertson is a graduate
of Duke University.
ATTEND LEGION .
CONVENTION
James Hutchins, H. - G. ;
Bailey, Monroe Mclntosh,
R. N. Silver and Dover R.
Fouts attended the state
convention of the Ameri
can Legion which was held
lin Asheville
Monday.
Mi’s. R. Y. Tilson and
Mrs. Charles Proffitt at
tended the Monday session
of the auxiliary. Mrs. H.
M. Roland who is spending
, several weeks here with
her father, Dr. W. B. Rob
ertson, also attended as a
delegate from the Wil
mington unit,
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JULY 4th CELEBRATION
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j Rev. W. T. Baucom, co
mmander of the American
Legion post at Spruce Pine
has .extended an invitation
to members of the post and
auxiliary here, and "to the
public, to attend the 4th of
July Celebratioh which will
begin at 12:00 o’clock in
Spruce Pine,
Stanley Riddle is home
for a few days. ,
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‘llfUat Ijou&uy With
WAR BONDS
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The power of the greatest Navy in '
the world, our own two-ocean fleet, I
rests large measure on its back
bone—the Battleships of the Line.
They displace approximately 35,000
tons and cost up to $70,000,000. We
have something like a score of these
huge ships in the Atlantic and Pa- \
1 eifle.
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Eight huge battles^s^are under
construction and more are content
plated. To finance these modern
goliaths of tha-sea it is necessary
for every American everywhere to
buy more and more War Bonds. We
can do it if everybody does his
share. Invest at least ten percent
of your income every pay <day to
help your county go over its Bond
Quota, O. i/i JtnuMn OtfaiiMM
SUGAR BOOKS
Sugar stamp number 5
is good for two pounds of
sugar from June 28 to July
25, and stamp number (>
from July 26 to August 22
is good for two pounds.
This will keep the half
pound per person per week
ratio but purchase will be
made for four weeks in
stead of two.
Commercial users (cases,
etc.) may come to the rat
ion board office to register
for sugar.
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR MRS. MARTHA
WILSON
Mrs.-Martha Wilson -of
| Bee Log died Monday af
ternoon at 2:00 o’clock at
! the home of her daughter,
i Mrs. Vernon Fender. Mrs.
Wilson was the widow of
Turner Wilson.
! Funeral services were
held Tuesday at 2:30 at the
Bald 1 Mtn. Baptist church
with the Rev. Quince Miller
officiating.
Pall bearers were Harri
son Woodby, Walter Hens
ley. John L. Hensley, Carl
Bradley, Levi Fender, Al
; lison Edwards,.. Fred Mc
•• Curry, Vernon Fender and,
Bayer Moore.
Flower bearers were
Thelma Wilson, Gladys Mc-
Curry, Truley Wilson, Mrs.
D. M. Buck, Mi’s. Hiram B.
> Hensley, Mrs. Tinnie Edw
ards, Mrs. Bayler Moore,
Miss Rubie Fender, Mrs.
Minnie J. Edwards.
Surviving are four child
ren, two sons, Isaac and
; David Wilson of Bee Log
i and two daughters, Mrs.
• I Martin Edwards and Mrs.
'Vernon Fender of Bee
Log; two brothers, William
Higgins of Higgins, N. C.
and Back Hensley of Bee
Log; five sisters, Miss Lin
; nie Hensley of Bee Log, 1
,Mrs. Aletha Higgins of
j Weaver Ville, Mrs. Arphen
|ie Edwards of Higgins,
Mrs. Hiram B. Hensley of
Bee Log and Mrs. Alex
Lewis of Bluff City, Tenn.
Several grandchildren also
survive.
Mrs. Wilson had a host
iof friends and had lived a
Christian life since she
joined the church 30 years
ago. Burial was in the Sam
json cemetery near the
home.
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CO-OP BANK HEAD
SUGGESTS FARMERS
OBTAIN SUPPLIES
Due to the critical trans-;
portation situation throug
; hout the country, L. G.
(Foster, president of the!
j Columbia Bank for Coop
eratives, has advised all
member associations in the
Third district of the Farm!
Credit Administration of
the importance of obtain
ing adequate supplies of
such items as containers,
packages, coal, fuel oil andj
other bulky comodities that
may be immediately stored
for future use.
i “Any commodities requ
iring rail shipments should
be secured at the earliest
date convenient to the,, bor
rowers s-of our bank,”* Mr.
Foster said. “Should the
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J. B. Bennett On Ship
Sunk By Submarine
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NOTICE
- A representative of-the
! Asheville field office of
the Social Security Board
will be at the Court room
of the Court House in
Burnsville, N. C. on Wed
nesday, July 1, 1942, at
2:00 P. M.
Wage earners who have
; worked in a job covered by
the Social Security Act
since December 31, 1936, |
and have attained age 65,
may be 'eligible to file claim
, for themselves, their wives,
or minor children, whether
they have an account num
ber or not. • Surviving re
, latives of deceased work
ers, such as widows, child
ren, or parents, or if none
of the above, persons who
have paid funeral expen
ses, may be eligible to file
j claim.
In addition, persons who
have need of social security i
| account numbers or other
information pertaining to ;
the Act are invited to meet
this representative at the -
time and place mentioned.!
F. S. A. NEWS
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i Advisability o f laying
;their farm plans for a long
war was urged today upon
.wrall -fermw- who* sfllhe
1 Farm Security Administra
tion borrowers by Mack B.
Ray, FSA County Super
visor for Y ancey bounty.
“Home Mr.
Ray said, “will achieve
their- purpose better if
they are laid-. out with at
least a five year war in
mind. We still have a long
row to hoe, and complac
ency is out for the durat
ion.”
He cautioned against a
tendency to plant in home
gardens only vegetables
which can be 1 Jiarvested
| this year. Perennial (hops,
like asparagus and rhub
arb and small fruits such
ias strawberries, raspberr
i ies, blackberries, /quince,
grapes and cherries, should
be included wherever poss
ible, he added, even though
they will not yield a crop
for two or more years.
“Even if this war should
be won this year or next,”
Mr. Ray commented, “the
whole hungry world will
turn to the American far
mer as the only bulwark
between it and mass fam
ine. Then as now, the wel
fare of the world and the I
health and strength of fut
ure generations will de-!
pend on the American far- j
mers’ ability to produce as
never before.”
"Many small farmers ha
ve overlooked excellent op
portunities for profit inj
the production of small
fruits,” Mr. Ray continued.
(“They make good outlets
for family and off-season
labor, and because of high
vitamin content are a val
uable addition to the fam
ily diet.”
Mr. Ray pointed out that
the government is asking
every farm family to grow;
as much as possible of
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J. B. Bennett of Bolens
Creek, who was a member
of the gun erew of~a Pana
manian cargo vessel tor
pedoed and sunk by a Ger
man submarine in the Gulf
of Mexico last week, is
home for an 18-day fur
lough.
Only one member of the
59-man crew on the Pana
manian vessel was loSt,
Bennett said.
| Struck by three torped
ioes at 4;30 a. m., the last
bf which completely capsiz
ed it, the ship sank within
a short time.
In telling of the attack-
Bennett said that he had
been on watch earlier, and
had been asleep on deck
only a few minutes when
the first torpedo struck on
the starboard side. The
second hit a few seconds
later, also on the starboard
side, so that the boat listed
(very badly. The submarine
went around to the port
side, but the ship was list
ing so badly ’that the guns
could not be used.
The merchant crew had
begun to lower the life
boats, and (the . gun crew
had taken up their stations
and remained until their
. lieutenant ordered them to
t abandon ship.®
\ BennetJt jumped into the
water and was picked ujf)
in a few minutes by a life
boat. Two of the lifeboats
had been destroyed so that
ten of the men had to re
main in theoily water for
-about six hours before they
Were picked up by fishing
boats. The one casualty oc
cured when the man jump
ed too soon and was tang
led in the ropes.
Asked how far the sub
marine was, Bennett ' said
that it came to the surface
and was only about 25
yards from their lifeboat.
They expected every min
ute to be shelled.
Instead, however, the
commander of the submar
ine asked if all men were
off the boat, and when
someone replied “No”, Wa
ited 10 or 15 minutes be
fore firing the shells that
[finally * sent the capsized
boat to the bottom.
The submarine then de
parted on the surface. Ben
nett was in the lifeboat
for about three hours and
was rescued by a fishing
boat and brought to a Gulf
port. v
, Bennett is the 17 year
old son of Mr. and Mrs.
j John H. Bennett of Bolens
Creek. His father is a vet
eran of World War I.
Bennett was a member of
the 1942 graduating class of
Burnsville high school. He
enlisted in the navy in
March and was called into
service on April 1, two
weeks before graduation.
; Another classmate, Jack
Charles of Burnsville, began
j training at the same time.
Mrs. J. S. Folger has re
turned from a visit with
relatives in Atlanta.
Mrs. John Robinsdn is
spending week in Ral
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